Toyota Flat Bed "Atomic Toy"
 

Since I started this whole crawling fad back in the day:lol:, I have always wanted a Bruiser cab rig with some sort of caged bed or flat bed. When I got my Hulk Werks prerunner a couple years back, I tried to make a Bruiser cab fit...didnt work. Over the past couple of years I have had other tube rigs, not ever designed for the Hilux cab and also tried to get a Hilux cab over them as well...never happened. Couple months back I saw Spicer18OR rig, and I thought "man that is exactly the type of rig I want" Even cooler was that it was leaf sprung front and rear. Well, when it turned up in the classifieds I PM'd him soon as I saw it when I woke up that AM...there was already 75 views and I was worried it would be gone but luck was with me:mrgreen: Sent over the pay pal and here it is now...

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And I have for it so far...

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Not sure about the Bruiser axles just yet, it has such a nice narrow track width I am not sure how it will look with the slightly added width.

Yet again, nice score Mike...

I really like that orange, will you leave it that color?

BD

nice mike, id steer clear of the wide bruiser axles.

killer buy."thumbsup"

ahh i see you finally got it!"thumbsup"

Yeah this orange is SWEET, Its so fitting to the truck its definitely staying"thumbsup"Plus I am huge fan of orange Bruiser being my very 1st Bruiser was Orange

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They arent all that wide, probably the same as a high lift axle... I have to get some axle Cs on it and rear straight axle adapters so when i have them out I may slide the Bruisers under it and how it looks.

BTW How do you guys feel about half doors? Like Brandon did here...

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Yep came today I was so amped when I saw it said delivered at work...punched out promptly at 4:30 jumped in the Taco and hauled ass to the PO to get there b4 they closed:ror:

lol, nice. i think the half doors would look sweet on it by the way... i was thinkin of doing it but im just too damn lazy.

Nice rig!!!! Put me on the list of people who want it.:)

nice mike! i watched that thing get built. i actually built the 1.9 chevy flatbed at the same time he was.. we took it on many outings and it performed very well! good luck with it!

I dunno guys...12mm rummy bruiser axles are looking pretty sweet...

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I like the bruiser axles. That rig looks killer, I love the fab work, keep up the good work!

wow that rig is absolutely gorgeous, nice catch 1BJB"thumbsup". Hurry up and get those bruiser axels mounted up. "thumbsup"

Thanks man, your chev is bad ass, that thing kicked ass at scale nats"thumbsup"

Alright Bruiser axles were cool as shit but the I would have to reconfigure the trans to the opposite side of the truck from where it is now... So there out for now... Plus I want to run with this thing without any fear of breaking anything... Ill save the Bruiser axles for down the road on something else or maybe they will make there way back into it at another point...for now I am chopping the front axle up to add the Fat Rock Cs.

good score "thumbsup" you always have the best rigs bought or built

Looks great! how about black tube doors? would match the rear tubework!

those do look nice...

Bruiser axles + Half doors please!

Nice Mike! It looks really clean. Can't wait to see what you do to it.

J

Bruiser Axles if they'll fit
One of your awesome interiors

Oh and the icing on the cake Cut the roof off"thumbsup"

You could continue the tubework over the gap to make a front cage.

Little Driver Dude inside.

Go on push the envelope

Dare you!

I do have another cab with the doors hinged on it...already thought about doing that...would need to find a grill though

Thanks Dude, I have some good ideas for it

Well after thinking on it all day I decided to actually mount the Bruisers axle...painted them up and went to install them when...

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....I found the frame/leaf spacing wasnt the same as the Bruiser perches :x:x:x

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Leafs and shackles were all twisted and the suspension was binding like whoa...so it will be a tlt axled rig after all. Cant say I didnt try.

Got the front axle back together, now sporting Fat Rock Cs
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Since I was planning on the Bruiser axles working, I swapped the drive train over to the passenger side so the transmission drive shafts would be in-line with the axles... doing this also allowed me to squeeze the interior in as well with a small skid plate drop using some of those awesome TLT spacers

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Glass is cut and in...
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and Rear is now sporting straight axle adapters.

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My plan is to take it to work 2morrow, and during lunch, braze up some sliders (add to whats already there) or at least get the stuff bent and cut into shape

Question for everyone, do you guys think the flex is being limited by having 2 screws holding the High Lift leafs down? Should I maybe run regular juggs and drill out the center pin and use dinky mounts and just one mounting screw?

Thanks
-Mike

I pm'd Spicer for this rig that same day:-(

Glad to see you got it though, Like what you've done so far"thumbsup"

keep up the good work you lucky bastard:ror:

Man this thing is alsome.

great job on the flatbed!!

from what i could tell the flex was limited by the hangers... the spring couldnt quite twist enough. i wasnt really driving it enough to have it bother me so i never fixed it(im pretty lazy most of the time):roll:

Having 2 screws will limit your droop, just like those zip ties will, but the 2 screws shouldn't affect uptravel. I don't see any shocks yet but if you plan to have mostly uptravel then the 2 screws would be fine I think.

This is looking better by the post, I hope mine looks as good when I finnish it. What do you think of the Rummy RC axles adaptors? I got mine in the mail today and they look awesome, I just need a set of axles to attach them to now.

Nice"thumbsup"

Yeah definitely got lucky, he said he had a lot of PMs about it.

The springs are twisting enough, I think the new springs will just need to break in some

Thanks for the info chris"thumbsup"

Nicks parts are awesome, I am bummed I cant use them on this, they seemed so fitting for the truck. But at least I dont have to worry about the internals now.


Today at worked I got the rock sliders brazed up"thumbsup" I think they came out good

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Thats just sexy... im gona have to build me another and actually finish it!

Sliders came out great! Are you keeping the hummer wheels? I think they really look the part with the center caps. Once again great work and great pick up of a sweet rig!

man mike i love that truck.... "thumbsup"

Thanks dude"thumbsup"

Yeah Hummer wheels are staying but I want to run either crushers or trail doc XLs and these are glued really well so ill need to find some new ones.

Thanks Keith8)

so did spicer make the chassis himself? or wats the chassis lookin like under there??

Yes Spicer180r scratch built the entire chassis set up. Ill snap a body off shot.

i really need to get my bruiser going... i would like a few body off shots for ideas on building a flatbed beater truck...

great buy mike! that build looks like alot of fun! i am deployed right now and my hilux flatbed is getting turned into a truggy while i am out. can't wait to see this one finished and taking a beating like the clone8)

The sliders look absolutely perfect Mike. :shock: "thumbsup"

The sliders look great, very nice rig. The flat bed rocks and I'm a big fan of Orange.

Mike, your work keeps getting better and better. Great job so far! Will it keep up with my OG?:lol:

I need to put a clear windshield and interior in my rig. It looks 100X better on your rig.

What windshield would you recommend? I know that there is a guy in the UK that makes them but I've also seen a really heavy duty aftermarket shield that I thought was available through bruiser builder.

Rig looks amazing as usual "thumbsup"

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Be sure to post up yours once its truggafied :lol:"thumbsup"

Coming from you guys that means a lot, each build I am getting better and better with my tube work. These sliders came out so well I want to re do the ones on the clone now :lol:.

Dean I am going for a little bit more performance on this once, and now that the Bruiser cabs are available I wont be afraid to bash the shit out of this thing :twisted: I am sure this will be done by the next time we meet up and wheel together, then I can wheel with the best of you guys "thumbsup"

Yeah the orange is a very cool color, kinda like a burnt orange. I need to find out what color it is so when I do the half doors and stuff I can touch it up


I have scene the UK ones they are pretty nice but are definitely thinner lexan then the Bruiser builder ones. Problem is that Forrest was having Matt at scale hobbies make those for him and Matt has relocated and is just starting to get back into RC (been emailing with him recently). I am not sure if he will be offering the same services, I know he shut down his site.